Soaring Guidance
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Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
633 AM MDT Saturday, June 21, 2025

This forecast is for Saturday, June 21, 2025:

If the trigger temperature of 51.1 F/10.6 C is reached...then
   Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
   Maximum rate of lift........................ 1186 ft/min (6.0 m/s)
   Maximum height of thermals.................. 20284 ft MSL (15359 ft AGL)

Forecast maximum temperature................... 80.0 F/27.1 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... None
Time of overdevelopment........................ None
Middle/high clouds during soaring window....... None
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 17817 ft MSL (12892 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Sunday 06/22....... Excellent

Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available

Remarks...

Sunrise/Sunset.................... 05:56:45 / 21:02:46 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 15 hr 6 min 0 sec (906 min 0 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:29:45 MDT... 71.57 degrees

Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 06/21/2025 at 0600 MDT

Freezing level.................. 8260 ft MSL (3335 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 10328 ft MSL (5403 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 16055 ft MSL (11130 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -1.7
K index......................... +10.9

Height  Temperature  Wind  Wind Spd  Lapse Rate  ConvectionT  Thermal  Lift Rate
ft MSL  deg C deg F   Dir   kt  m/s  C/km F/kft  deg C deg F   Index    fpm  m/s
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 26000  -28.3 -18.9   210  104   54   4.7   2.6   38.3 101.0     9.2      M    M
 24000  -25.1 -13.2   210   88   45   4.3   2.4   34.2  93.6     6.1      M    M
 22000  -22.8  -9.0   215   69   36   3.8   2.1   29.8  85.6     2.6      M    M
 20000  -20.0  -4.0   225   56   29   5.5   3.0   26.2  79.1    -0.5   1159  5.9
 18000  -16.5   2.3   230   47   24   6.7   3.7   23.5  74.4    -2.8    997  5.1
 16000  -12.8   9.0   230   40   20   6.0   3.3   21.2  70.1    -5.1    827  4.2
 14000   -9.3  15.3   240   29   15   5.4   3.0   18.6  65.5    -7.6    663  3.4
 12000   -6.8  19.8   260   17    9   4.8   2.6   15.1  59.1   -11.1    527  2.7
 10000   -3.3  26.1   270   11    6   6.0   3.3   12.8  55.0   -13.7    363  1.8
  9000   -1.6  29.1   275   10    5   6.5   3.6   11.5  52.8   -15.1    283  1.4
  8000    0.8  33.4   280    6    3   6.5   3.6   10.3  50.6   -16.6    174  0.9
  7000    2.8  37.0   300    4    2   7.3   4.0    9.4  48.9   -17.7     84  0.4
  6000    5.2  41.4   340    2    1   8.9   4.9    9.0  48.1   -18.3      M    M
  5000    7.9  46.2   345    1    1   7.2   4.0    8.7  47.7   -18.8      M    M

 * * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *

           06/21/2025 at 0900 MDT          |       06/21/2025 at 1200 MDT
                                           |
CAPE...     0.0    LI...      +10.1        | CAPE...     0.0    LI...       +8.8
CINH...     0.0    K Index...  -4.3        | CINH...     0.0    K Index...  +3.7
                                           |
Height Temperature  Wnd WndSpd  Lapse Rate | Temperature  Wnd WndSpd  Lapse Rate
ft MSL deg C deg F  Dir kt m/s  C/km F/kft | deg C deg F  Dir kt m/s  C/km F/kft
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 26000 -22.6  -8.7  225  71 36   8.1   4.4 | -23.1  -9.6  220  74 38   8.3   4.5
 24000 -17.8  -0.0  225  69 36   7.5   4.1 | -18.2  -0.8  220  71 37   7.3   4.0
 22000 -12.7   9.1  225  67 35   7.6   4.1 | -13.8   7.2  220  68 35   7.4   4.0
 20000  -8.9  16.0  225  64 33   6.2   3.4 |  -9.7  14.5  215  64 33   6.8   3.7
 18000  -5.1  22.8  220  61 31   6.8   3.7 |  -5.3  22.5  215  60 31   6.7   3.7
 16000  -1.3  29.7  220  59 30   5.2   2.8 |  -1.9  28.6  215  58 30   5.2   2.8
 14000   1.1  34.0  215  56 29   2.3   1.3 |   0.6  33.1  215  54 28   3.1   1.7
 12000   2.4  36.3  215  40 21   3.0   1.6 |   2.5  36.5  210  39 20   4.2   2.3
 10000   3.7  38.7  190  13  6   2.6   1.4 |   5.3  41.5  190  23 12   4.0   2.2
  9000   5.1  41.2  150   4  2   5.9   3.2 |   6.8  44.2  185  14  7   5.2   2.8
  8000   6.8  44.2  055   3  1   5.3   2.9 |   7.8  46.0  215   5  3   5.5   3.0
  7000   8.5  47.3  015   3  2   5.9   3.3 |  10.2  50.4  265   5  2   9.1   5.0
  6000  10.5  50.9  345   4  2   8.4   4.6 |  13.0  55.4  285   6  3  10.1   5.5
  5000  13.9  57.0  320   5  2  25.5  14.0 |  17.0  62.6  295   8  4  36.9  20.2

           06/21/2025 at 1500 MDT          |       06/21/2025 at 1800 MDT
                                           |
CAPE...     0.0    LI...       +6.0        | CAPE...     0.0    LI...       +2.6
CINH...    -0.0    K Index... +12.5        | CINH...    -1.7    K Index... +16.1
                                           |
Height Temperature  Wnd WndSpd  Lapse Rate | Temperature  Wnd WndSpd  Lapse Rate
ft MSL deg C deg F  Dir kt m/s  C/km F/kft | deg C deg F  Dir kt m/s  C/km F/kft
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 26000 -23.5 -10.3  215  77 40   8.2   4.5 | -24.3 -11.7  210  83 43   7.7   4.2
 24000 -18.7  -1.7  215  74 38   7.2   3.9 | -19.8  -3.6  210  79 41   6.9   3.8
 22000 -14.3   6.3  215  71 36   7.3   4.0 | -15.6   3.9  210  74 38   7.0   3.8
 20000 -10.3  13.5  215  67 34   6.6   3.6 | -12.1  10.2  205  68 35   5.4   3.0
 18000  -6.1  21.0  210  62 32   5.9   3.3 |  -8.5  16.7  205  61 31   5.9   3.2
 16000  -3.2  26.2  205  57 30   4.2   2.3 |  -4.6  23.7  200  54 28   7.2   3.9
 14000  -0.5  31.1  200  48 25   6.0   3.3 |   0.0  32.0  195  47 24   8.4   4.6
 12000   3.5  38.3  195  39 20   7.1   3.9 |   5.0  41.0  195  35 18   8.0   4.4
 10000   7.5  45.5  190  27 14   5.1   2.8 |   8.5  47.3  205  19 10   3.0   1.7
  9000   9.0  48.2  195  17  9   4.5   2.4 |   9.1  48.4  230   9  4   3.2   1.7
  8000  10.2  50.4  230   9  4   5.5   3.0 |  10.0  50.0  305   8  4   4.2   2.3
  7000  12.2  54.0  275   8  4   8.6   4.7 |  12.2  54.0  315  10  5   8.7   4.8
  6000  14.8  58.6  295   9  5  11.2   6.1 |  14.9  58.8  315  11  5  11.2   6.1
  5000  18.7  65.7  305  11  6  40.2  22.1 |  18.6  65.5  310  10  5  27.0  14.8
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This product is issued once per day by approximately 0600 MST/0700 MDT
(1300 UTC). This product is not continuously monitored nor updated after
the initial issuance.

The information contained herein is based on the 1200 UTC rawinsonde observation
at the Salt Lake City, Utah International Airport and/or numerical weather
prediction model data representative of the airport. These data may not be
representative of other areas along the Wasatch Front. Erroneous data such as
these should not be used.

The content and format of this report as well as the issuance times are subject
to change without prior notice.

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